Awards season 2018-2019

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"Vice," the comedy/drama about Dick Cheney's eventful two terms as vice president during the administration of George W. Bush, led all motion picture contenders Thursday with six Golden Globe nominations.

The screen biopic received nominations for Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical; Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Christian Bale, who portrays Cheney); Best Director – Motion Picture (Adam McKay); and Best Screenplay – Motion Picture (McKay).

Supporting role nominations went to Sam Rockwell, who portrays President Bush and Amy Adams, who appears as Cheney's wife Lynne.

Three films received five nominations each: "The Favourite," "Green Book" and "A Star Is Born."

The 76th Golden Globe Awards, voted on by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, will be presented on Sunday, January 6, 2019 on NBC.

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"The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story," the FX limited series based on the real-life events that led to the 1997 murder of the Italian fashion designer, received four nominations Thursday for Golden Globe awards.

The production earned nods for Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television and Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television (Darren Criss, pictured below, who portrayed the spree killer Andrew Phillip Cunanan).

Supporting nominations went to Edgar Ramirez (who starred as Versace) and Penélope Cruz (who appeared as Versace's sister Donatella).

Here are the 76th Golden Globe nominations for television:

Best Television Series – Drama:

"The Americans" (FX)

"Bodyguard" (Netflix)

"Homecoming" (Prime Video)

"Killing Eve" (BBC America)

"Pose" (FX)

Best Television Series – Comedy or Musical:

"Barry" (HBO)

"The Good Place" (NBC)

"Kidding" (Showtime)

"The Kominsky Method" (Netflix)

"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" (Prime Video)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama:

Jason Bateman, "Ozark"

Stephan James, "Homecoming"

Billy Porter, "Pose"

Richard Madden, "Bodyguard"

Matthew Rhys, "The Americans"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama:

Caitriona Balfe, "Outlander"

Elisabeth Moss, "The Handmaid's Tale"

Sandra Oh, "Killing Eve"

Julia Roberts, "Homecoming"

Keri Russell, "The Americans"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical:

Sacha Baron Cohen, "Who Is America?"

Jim Carrey, "Kidding"

Michael Douglas, "The Kominsky Method"

Donald Glover, "Atlanta"

Bill Hader, "Barry"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical:

Kristen Bell, "The Good Place"

Candice Bergen, "Murphy Brown"

Alison Brie, "GLOW"

Rachel Brosnahan, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"

Debra Messing, "Will & Grace"

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:

"The Alienist" (TNT)

"The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story" (FX)

"Escape at Dannemora" (Showtime)

"Sharp Objects" (HBO)

"A Very English Scandal" (Prime Video)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:

Antonio Banderas, "Genius: Picasso"

Daniel Bruhl, "The Alienist"

Darren Criss, "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story"

Benedict Cumberbatch, "Patrick Melrose"

Hugh Grant, "A Very English Scandal"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:

Amy Adams, "Sharp Objects"

Patricia Arquette, "Escape at Dannemora"

Connie Britton, "Dirty John"

Laura Dern, "The Tale"

Regina King, "Seven Seconds"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:

Alan Arkin, "The Kominsky Method"

Kieran Culkin, "Succession"

Edgar Ramirez, "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story"

Ben Whishaw, "A Very English Scandal"

Henry Winkler, "Barry"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:

Alex Borstein, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"

Patricia Clarkson, "Sharp Objects"

Penélope Cruz, "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story"

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The #GoldenGlobes nominations weren't today's only big surprise. The awards show will introduce a new lifetime achievement TV award that will honor a television figure the way Cecil B. DeMille Award does for film: http://bit.ly/2QA7tIC

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I have made the choice to step down from hosting this year's Oscars....this is because I do not want to be a distraction on a night that should be celebrated by so many amazing talented artists. I sincerely apologize to the LGBTQ community for my insensitive words from my past.

I'm sorry that I hurt people. I am evolving and want to continue to do so. My goal is to bring people together not tear us apart. Much love & appreciation to the Academy. I hope we can meet again.

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While the #AStarIsBorn soundtrack as a whole wasn't eligible for any #Grammys nominations, the song "Shallow," by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper was — it earned a total of four nominations http://thr.cm/Zn1UgY

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#BenIsBack is getting some flack for switching from a family addiction hand-wringer to a noirish mother/son drive-around halfway through. I thought that energized it out of a dreary genre into a gripping one. #JuliaRoberts' best work in years.

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The Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society selected the drama "The Hate U Give" as its Best Picture of 2018. The film also received awards for Best Supporting Actor (Russell Hornsby, in a tie with Mahershala Ali of "Green Book'), Best Adapted Screenplay (the late Audrey Wells) and Breakthrough Performer (Amandla Stenberg, pictured below).

Based on the 2017 novel by Angie Thomas, "The Hate U Give" stars Stenberg as a black student at a predominantly white prep school who becomes a key witness to a controversial incident in her hometown. Directed by George Tillman, Jr. ("Soul Food," "Men of Honor"), the picture also stars Regina Hall, KJ Apa, Issa Rae, Sabrina Carpenter, Common and Anthony Mackie.

The screenwriter Wellls, who also was a producer and director, died of cancer on October 4, 2018 -- the day before "The Hate U Give" opened on a limited basis at theaters in North America.

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The Chicago Film Critics Association will present its 2018 motion picture awards Saturday night with several familiar contenders in competition. Alfonso Cuarón's drama "Roma" leads the pack with nine nominations, followed by "The Favourite" and "A Star Is Born" with seven apiece.

Cuarón

Unlike other critics organizations, the CFCA has placed Olivia Colman of "The Favourite" in the Best Supporting Actress category with her co-star Rachel Weisz. Meanwhile, another co-star Emma Stone was considered for Best Actress, but failed to receive a nomination.

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"The Favourite" leads the list of nominations by The San Francisco Film Critics Circle (SFFCC), an organization of Bay Area print and online critics. The period piece -- set in the early 18th-century court of Britain's Queen Anne -- picked up nine nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director (Yorgos Lanthimos), Best Actress (Olivia Colman, who stars as the monarch) and Best Supporting Actress (Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz).

"The Favourite" and "If Beale Street Could Talk" are Best Picture contenders

Meanwhile, Alfonso Cuarón's semi-autobiographical film "Roma" received eight nominations, including Best Picture. The Mexican product is nominated for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Film Editing (shared with Adam Gough).

Barry Jenkins' adaptation of the 1974 James Baldwin novel "If Beale Street Could Talk" is next with seven nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay (both for Jenkins) and Best Supporting Actress (Regina King).

The winner will be announced on Sunday along with this year's recipient of the Marlon Riggs Award winner — presented to "a Bay Area filmmaker or individual who represents courage and innovation in the world of cinema."

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"Green Book," the true story of a black classical pianist accompanied by an Italian-American bouncer on a 1960s concert tour of the segregated South, has earned nine nominations from the San Diego Film Critics Society. The comedy/drama's nods include Best Picture, Best Director (Peter Farrelly), Best Actor (Viggo Mortensen), Best Supporting Actor (Mahershala Ali, pictured below with Mortensen) and Best Ensemble.

The SDFCS also showered seven nominations on "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs," a sometimes grim Western anthology written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Among the Netflix film's nominations: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Female (Zoe Kazan), Best Ensemble and Best Original Screenplay (the Coens). Interestingly, the filmmaking brothers also are nominated in the category of Best Film Editing. The Coens traditionally use the pseudonym "Roderick Jaynes" for their editing efforts, but the San Diego critics have called them out by their own names.

Kazan stars in a segment of the Coen Brothers' anthology "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"

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The Chicago Film Critics Association will present its 2018 motion picture awards Saturday night with several familiar contenders in competition. Alfonso Cuarón's drama "Roma" leads the pack with nine nominations, followed by "The Favourite" and "A Star Is Born" with seven apiece.

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I found #VoxLux, and #NataliePortman's performance in it, more irritating than thought-provokingly disturbing. That could well have been director #BradyCorbet's intention, though. Impressions are left whether you like it or not.

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#KarenGillan puts it all out there in her self-starring, writing/directing debut The Party's Just Beginning @TPJBmovie. Playing an angry, hard-drinking, casual-sex-and-chips-chomping Inverness lass haunted by a close friend's death, she's typically, darkly delightful. Good show.